Improvement in stuffing and stretching horse-collars



,l UNITED 'STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

WADE HAVORTI-I, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN STUFFING AND-STRETCHING HORSE-COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 4,037, dated May 7, 1845.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, WADE HAWORTH, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Making Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description Vof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof, iu which--' Figure l is an isometrical View. Fig. 2 is a top View, with the stretcher turned partly round. Fig. 3 is the hopper, detached. Fig. 4t is a top plan and side elevation of the form on which the collar is stretched.

The nature of my invention consists in a frame` onrwhich the leather is stretched to be stuffed after it has been made into a collar, and in forming said collar when stuffed.

The construction is as follows: A stout plank A is elevated at one end to an angle of about fifteen degrees by legs. On this is placed a similar piece b, but not quite so long. rlhis piece is fastened to the other by a bolt a: through both at the center, on which itcan revolve, as shown in Fig. 2. To each side of this last-named piece are screwed ways or guides c, consisting of four straightpieces, in which slides d work. Between each pair of these guides c are situated two wedges e and f, with a straight piece 7L between them, which are for the purpose of forcing out the slides d, as hereinafter described. The outer ends of these slides are armed with hooks or pins g, on which the collar is to be hooked, as shown in Fig. 2, and one of the slides d is connected with its wedgeein the following manner: On the permanent piece 7L, between the wedges, two stud-pulleys are afxed together, one of which is much larger than the other. Around the largest pulley t' a band passes, that is connected with the wedge e, and around the small pulley t" another band winds in an opposite direction, and its end is affixed to the slide d in contact with wedge e. By this arrange? ment it will be seen that as the slide d isI forced down it carries forward the wedge so as to keep it tight. Ahopperk is made, with its bottom extended out in front into two prongs l. These slip onto either slide that may be uppermost, and a long bolt or pin m is made to pass down through each and also through the piece b into the foundation a,

thereby holding both steady. From between the prongs l, and a little above their levelx there is a short'tube n, that projects from said hopper, for a purpose hereinafter explained; and on the side ot' the hopper opposite to it there is a large hole o, covered by a slide p, that can more in any direction. The center of this slide is perforated with a small hole, so as to admit. a rod used in stuffing and allow it, by means of themovement of the slide, to be raised or lowered or turned from side to side without spilling any of the cut straw or other material contained in the hopper.

The operation with this machine lis as follows: After the collar is made, holes are punched in each end, which are hooked over the pins on the slides. The slide Cl" is then forced outward as far as it can be, to stretch the collar by means of the wedge f. It is then placed in the position shown at Fig. l, but without the hopper. A handful of straw is then taken up and forced into the rim y, Fig. 2, by the stuffing-rod, which is of ordinary construction, and represented at A. This is repeated till that part is stuifed.- The hopper is then put on, filled with cut straw or other material, and a rod A is introduced through the slide p and tube n, which latter is put into the end of the belly part of the collar. By drawing the end of the rod A back into the hopper and pushing it forward into the collar, the stuing is effected. In forcing down the stuffing the collar stretches and the slide CZ moves down and draws in the wedge e, by means of the pulleys above named. When one end is stuffed, the plank b can be swiveled round and the hopper placed on the other end for completing the operation.

The apparatus for stretching the collar is clearly shown in Fig. 4t. a is a bench supported on legs, one end of which projects up into a form b for the collar, the lower part thereof assuming the form of ahorses shoulders, for the purpose of tting the collar. On the opposite end of the bench there are guides c, in which a nut d slides, and directly before the small or upper end of the collar-form a stout post c rises, of triangular form. The

two ends of a rope f are attached to the nut t d, which rope crosses between the post c and the form b, the loop passing entirely around said form. A screw g Works into the nut d, and the end of it turns in a socket formed in the post e. The outer end of said screw has a Wheel h afIXed to it, from which a number of handles project radially, to turn it by.

To operate this machine, a collar is placed on the form after being stuffed, the cord is then put around it in place of the llames, and by turning the screw the whole is tightened and brought into place.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The machine for stuing collars as herein described-that is to say, the combination of the slides and Wedges for stretching the oo1= lar, and in combination therewith the reA volving table b and hopper 7s, constructed, arranged, and combined substantially in the manner and for the purpose above described. 2. In combination with the form b,the post e and nut d, sliding in guides for stretching the collar, as before made known.

WADE HAVORTH. Witnesses:

J. J. GREENOUGH, J. A. GODDARD. 

